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Market Vectors ETFs to rebrand

DARREN SNYDER  |  THURSDAY, 21 APR 2016
Market Vectors ETFs is being rebranded to VanEck Vectors ETFs as part of a global initiative to bring all businesses and investments under the single VanEck parent company brand. VanEck Australia managing director Arian Neiron said the rebrand will ...

Commodities slump stalling sovereign wealth growth

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
... as private equity, real estate and infrastructure. However, rapidly falling oil prices - down to US$30 per barrel in January - have created serious budget deficits in oil economies, with governments "unable to reduce spending fast enough in response ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 20 APR 2016
RBA meeting minutes The A$ broke above US$0.78, trading as high as US$0.7826 overnight and is currently fetching US$0.7805 - a 13.7% appreciation from this year's US$0.6864. The minutes of the RBA's 5 April Board meeting - the local unit was trading ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
Is it still April Fool's or what? We all know it's just for a day - the 1st of April - but exactly two weeks after, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and everything's looking wonderful for me and you. Yes Virginia, financial markets - or more accurately ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 14 APR 2016
Australian consumer confidence "...a disappointing result" is how Westpac chief economist Bill Evans described the latest reading from its consumer sentiment survey. The Westpac-Melbourne Institute index of consumer sentiment fell by 4.0% to a 7-month ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
IMF World Economic Outlook Another 3 months, another downgrade. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again revised down its global growth forecasts. The IMF now expects the global economy to ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Australia housing finance The number of finance home loan approvals increased by 1.5% in the month of February, less than market expectations for a 2.2% lift but marks a strong rebound from the previous month's 4.4% decline. A 3.0% jump in the number ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 12 APR 2016
Australia housing finance The number of finance home loan approvals increased by 1.5% in the month of February, less than market expectations for a 2.2% lift but marks a strong rebound from the previous month's 4.4% decline. A 3.0% jump in the number ...

Look up in the sky, it's the yen

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 11 APR 2016
Safe haven purchases, speculative positioning ahead of the fiscal year-end, repatriation, reduced interest rate yield differential, policy impotence... take your pick. The fact remains that the Japanese yen has appreciated - big time - vis-A -vis the ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2016
Australia capital city rents CoreLogic RP Data' March Rental Review shows that rental rates across the country's combined capital cities fell by 0.2% over the past 12 months. Four cities registered year-on-year increases in rents: Melbourne (up 2.0%) ...